Anaga Rural Park offers the best coastal trails in Tenerife – and they’re among our favorite coastal trails in the world! This full day loop trail from Benijo to Faro de Anaga Lighthouse is special, because it gives a taste of everything Anaga has to impress you: wild, picturesque beach, dramatic coastline, hidden bays, giant…
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What To Do In Kranjska Gora, Slovenia In The Summer
Kranjska Gora is an alpine resort in Slovenia’s Upper Sava Valley, close to the triple border point of Slovenia, Italy and Austria. Tucked between the Karavanke mountains and the Julian Alps. Its location makes it one of the most scenic settlements in Slovenia, but it also tempts with various outdoor activities. While it’s a ski…
Hike Mount Krn! A Fabulous Panorama Of The Julian Alps
Have you ever heard of Mount Krn? Can you pronounce it? Do you care? Well, if you care about breathtaking mountain panoramas, and want to enjoy one from an easily reachable (ahem… more on that later) peak, take a look at the trail to Mount Krn in Slovenia’s Soča Valley. We tell you how we…
6 Great Family-Friendly Trails In The Austrian Alps
Austria is probably the best country in Central Europe to go hiking with kids. It offers astonishing high mountain trails with easy access and wide, well-established paths, some of which can even be done with a stroller. Yes, we’ve seen moms taking the ski lift with their babies and then pushing the stroller around a…
Day Hike To Antequera Beach, Tenerife
This full day hike in Anaga Rural Park has the best of everything: breathtaking coastal and mountain views, lush greenery (and amazing wildflowers in spring!) and a wild, barely known black sand beach, Playa de Antequera. It takes roughly 3 hours to get there, and another 3 to get back on the same way, the…
Montaña Guajara: The Best Panoramic Trail In Teide National Park?
We think it is, and here are our reasons: it’s very scenic all the way, with panoramic views of the heart of Teide National Park and close views of several cool rock formations; it’s a medium difficulty, 10 kilometres loop trail that’s doable for the average hiker; no permission is needed to do it (unlike…
Hiking In Paklenica National Park, Croatia
So we promised to write about what to do in Croatia beyond its beaches and Dubrovnik, and this post is another in the bunch to fulfil that promise. Paklenica National Park is actually located on the Dalmatian coast, so you can easily combine visiting it with beach days. And why visit it? Because you have…
8 Scenic Hikes In The San Francisco Bay Area, California
Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, we realized how much Californians love the outdoors, going hiking, cycling, surfing or camping. No wonder. California has such pleasant weather all year, and it also has diverse landscapes, a huge selection of coastal and mountain trails. This collection of our favorite scenic trails in the Bay Area…
Your Everything-To-Know Guide To The Makarska Riviera, Croatia
If we tell you that the Makarska Riviera is one of our favorite regions in Croatia, it would sound like a bad cliché. But there’s often truth in clichés, and we don’t care, anyway. It’s like telling someone you love them. You don’t care how many times that simple, passionate sentence was told in human…